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Inglis Peter STEWART

ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBuilder
AddressFernleigh, Backhaus Street, Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Lilian May, 106 Union Street, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date29 April 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', fourth Supplement, No. 29664 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176 (30 November 1916)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).

FateReturned to Australia 16 March 1919
Medals

Military Cross


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 129
Date: 21 September 1916

Bar to Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in supervising the laying out of the jumping off tape, and the forming up of the assaulting waves. In company with one N.C.O. he found himself in a position which had not been completely mopped up. He dealt with the snipers with his revolver, and brought back thirty prisoners and three machine guns.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 137
Date: 30 August 1918

Other detailsMedals: Military Cross and Bar, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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